176 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 
pounds of gain, which is a very satisfactory showing. The 
linsced meal was not so satisfactory as skim-milk, but gave 
better results than other substitutes for skim-milk tested at the 
same time. 
Cottonseed Meal. 
some property which renders it fatal to hogs when used in con- 
This very concentrated fced possesses 
siderable quantities. .\ small allowance per day may be fed 
without injurious results, but great care is necessary. The 
Arkansas and Texas Experiment Stations have probably made 
the most thorough investigations with cottonseed meal, and 
their recommendations are worthy of note. 
Arkansas Bulletin 85 gives the following quantities of 
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cottonseed meal per pig per day as being ‘ well within the 
] pig Pp y & 
danger limit”: 
Pigs under 50 pounds, 1% pound per day. 
Pigs from 50 to 75 pounds, 1% pound per day. 
Pigs from 75 to 100 pounds, 3 pound per day. 
Pigs from 100 to 150 pounds, 14 pound per day. 
Texas Bulletin 78 makes the foliowing recommendations: 
“J. For animals on heavy feed, that not more than one-fourth the 
weight of the grain ration consist of cottonseed meal. 2. That this feeding 
continue not more than 50 days, or that the proportion of meal be reduced 
if feeding is to be continued longer. 3. That the meal be mixed with 
other feed and all soured together. +. That as much green feed as possible 
be supplied to the hogs. 5. That a close watch be kept, and the meal taken 
from any animals not eating or not gaining well. 
“Feeders who have had experience with the meal will probably be 
able to exceed these recommendations, which, however, allow the use of 
enough meal to greatly improve a corn diet. One pound of cottonseed 
meal to five of corn furnishes the nutrients in the most desirable propor- 
tions for fattening, while one or two of corn are more nearly correct for 
young, growing stock.” 
Cottonseed Meal with Corn and Rice.—Bulletin 135 of 
the Texas Experiment Station reports further trials of cotton- 
seed meal with corn chop and rough red rice. One group of 
